Making play work
Subtitle: the promise of after-school programs for low-income children
By: Robert Halpern
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781423731627
Subjects: Child development; School-age child care; Garde des enfants d'a ge scolaire; De veloppement; Activity programs; Poor children; Activite s; Enfants pauvres; Social Services & Welfare; Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; After-school programs; Enfants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Major themes; title: The plan of the book; title: 1. After-school programs emerge; title: The changing context of working-class childhood; title: Converting a problem to an opportunity : the progressive agenda for childhood; title: Growing attention to and changing views of play; title: Organizing play; title: The first after-school programs; title: Conclusion; title: 2. Becoming established; title: A modern society; title: A role for the after-school field; title: Issues facing after-school providers; title: After-school programs in times of crisis; title: The postwar years; title: Conclusion; title: 3. The struggle for relevance; title: The war on poverty years; title: The new latchkey child and school-age child care; title: Conclusion; title: 4. After-school programs come into their own; title: Arguing the rationale and need for after-school programs; title: Continuity and change in program goals and emphases; title: The structure of the field; title: A growing role for schools and school concerns; title: Program quality emerges as an issue; title: Conclusion; title: 5. The mixed qualities of after-school programs; title: The role of after-school programs in meeting low-income children's developmental needs; title: A closer look at the qualities of after-school programs; title: The promise realized : programs that reflect ideals for the field; title: Conclusion; title: 6. Supporting and strengthening after-school programs; title: Approaches to program support and improvement; title: Strengthening citywide systems; title: Ensuring more adequate, stable, and flexibly structured financing; title: Conclusion; title: 7. A different kind of child development institutions?; title: The stakes are raised; title: Conclusion.